Reading too Fast
Further thoughts on a book review that this writer published in the Brooklyn Rail.

When a Book is Not Just a Book, is it Still a Book?
A discussion of Alex Rose's book The Musical Illusionist, stemmed from a review that was originally meant for the Brooklyn Rail but switched out.

In the Ruins of the Narrative
The real problem with Don DeLillo's latest novel

Of the Brooklyn Book Festival, 2nd Annual
Jim Carroll, Mary Gaitskill.

Nuclear Age
Poetry from DeWayne Dickerson.

David Markson at the Strand
Notes from a rare public appearance.